Example sentences of "when [pron] [vb past] [pron] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once , when I told her a lie about what I was doing , in order to evade hostile questioning , she said , severely , ‘ You 're growing too like your father . ’ |
| 2 | For those who are wondering why I have this set-up , the three were introduced at a small size when I thought them a male and two females ; and I am unwilling to upset a settled pair by unnecessarily removing the decor and setting two with a net ! |
| 3 | When I asked him a question he 'd say , ‘ The answer to that is — in fact the several answers to that are … |
| 4 | Personally , when I counted myself a Christian , I had no interest in finding female figures or ‘ feminine ’ motifs within the religion . |
| 5 | It was about five inches long when I bought it a month ago , and now it is approaching 10 inches . |
| 6 | Even the Arabs in the Ministry of Health office in the hospital had n't really been briefed , and the poor man who was given the job of meeting our needs nearly had a heart attack when I showed him a copy of the list I had sent out to his head office weeks ago . |
| 7 | And when I showed him a list of names I had collected ( why , I do not know , I had some notion of an appeal or inquiry ) , he read : ‘ Lynch , Connally , Egan , Kelly … etc. ’ and then he looked at me and added , ‘ I was looking at the lists of those who died in the recent great victories of general Gough at Aliwal and Sobraon in India . |
| 8 | This made for a softer , more innocent and ingenuous ‘ Dora ’ , but perhaps what was needed was a slightly sharper , more bristly Dora with a hidden vulnerability , which came more naturally when I gave her a North London accent … |
| 9 | When I gave them a grenade they had n't found , I got another kick . |
| 10 | and when I gave them a questionnaire saying how would you label someone as gay they said , we never make those kind of assumptions . |
| 11 | He 's trying to make out that I gave it to him when I gave him a spoonful of that … stuff … |
| 12 | Roger Davis fell in love with photography when his gave him a box camera nearly 50 years ago . |
| 13 | This made me uneasy , and I was glad when someone gave me a glass of white wine . |
| 14 | When you saw what a disaster you had caused , you could of started again and taken some time , oh sorry I forgot that 's not godlike , you probably did n't want to know or is it that you enjoy what you made , a sort of entertainment , better than Home and Away , watching wars and diseases and things . |
| 15 | ‘ I really prefer the idea of an older man or even a bedridden man — even a person totally incapacitated — because at least when you bought him a watch you 'd know you 'd be wearing it in a week or two yourself . |
| 16 | ‘ It looked as though it was on its last legs when you gave me a lift yesterday . ’ |
| 17 | She reached for her pen and dipped it into the well so fiercely that when she lifted it a blot fell across the page . |
| 18 | A SHOPLIFTER gave the two police officers who arrested her a shock when she sent them a Christmas card . |
| 19 | Miriam knew that people can die of erysipelas and when she saw what a state the Collector was in , rolling on the floor in delirium , his face red and swollen , she received an unpleasant shock . |
| 20 | She drew both father and child to the top of the sea , and when she saw them a spring of joy burst in her heart and the power of speech returned to her . |
| 21 | ‘ I think what I am trying to explain to you , ’ she said , ‘ is that over the years I became so completely cowed and dominated by this monster of an aunt that when she gave me an order , no matter what it was , I obeyed it instantly . |
| 22 | And so , during the holiday , Millie was again invited to tea , and on this visit she amused them , together with their other children , a twelve-year old son , and a five-year old daughter , when she gave them an imitation of the nuns , excelling herself when she touched on Sister Mary . |
| 23 | Effortlessly , his knee slid to part her legs , but when she threw him a look of utter dismay he paused . |
| 24 | So she felt when she allowed herself a journey to London and made like a homing pigeon for the perfumery counters of department stores . |
| 25 | I oppose the carry-over motion for the Bill , as I did when we debated it a year ago . |
| 26 | He had been very proud of my golfing prowess when it won me a place in the university golf team , and had even been heard to express his satisfaction when my handicap went down to scratch . |
| 27 | He understood it a little better when he saw what a state the survivors were in . |
| 28 | Peter even received a hand-written reply from Mr Major when he sent him a copy of his book , saying it would come in ‘ very useful ’ . |
| 29 | ‘ But unfortunately for him when he told me a bit about what was on the disk I had a blinding flash of inspiration . ’ |
| 30 | They had no level of communication at all , and a bus ride with him was an ordeal rather than a pleasure , for she had to rack her brains to reply to his remarks about the weather , the town 's football teams , the cinema , his headmaster , and so forth , but nevertheless when he wrote her a note saying : |